Tuesday, July 30, 2013

In less than two days we'll be kicking off the 2nd Annual Authors Are Rockstars Tour. We have some seriously amazing authors on this year's tour. But the blog hosts we have for this year's event are also awesome.

Yes, we think bloggers can be rockstars too!

And so, before the event kicks off, we wanted to thank the bloggers who are hosting all of these incredible authors throughout the month of August.

You have all been amazing and without you, too, this event couldn't be the success it will be and already is!

So....

THANK YOU!

And while we'd have loved to be able to give something to each of the participating bloggers, as we have well over 150 blogger hosts on tour, it's just not feasible.

So, instead, we're offering up a couple of signed books for giveaway as a way of saying thank you. It is ONLY open to the blogger hosts on tour. And we're keeping it open until August 15th just in case any of the hosts who are interested in entering can enter.

What's up for grabs?

A SIGNED copy of THE TESTING by Joelle Charbonneau + a SIGNED copy of THE 5th WAVE by Rick Yancey and some Authors Are Rockstars stickers - to ONE Winner

The Deets

- MUST be an Authors Are Rockstars Blog Host!

- Giveaway IS International

- There will be ONE Winner

- There are NO requirements to like or follow, but leaving a comment is always appreciated!

The epic conclusion to the USA Today bestselling trilogy.
The horde is coming.
Salvation is surrounded, monsters at the gates, and this time, they're not going away. When Deuce, Fade, Stalker and Tegan set out, the odds are against them. But the odds have been stacked against Deuce from the moment she was born. She might not be a Huntress anymore, but she doesn't run. With her knives in hand and her companions at her side, she will not falter, whether fighting for her life or Fade's love.
Ahead, the battle of a lifetime awaits. Freaks are everywhere, attacking settlements, setting up scouts, perimeters, and patrols. There hasn't been a war like this in centuries, and humans have forgotten how to stand and fight. Unless Deuce can lead them.
This time, however, more than the fate of a single enclave or outpost hangs in the balance. This time, Deuce carries the banner for the survival of all humanity.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Physical Traits: Still tensed, I take in her appearance—and
it’s female, without a doubt; even though her sweatpants are baggy and a hooded
sweatshirt covers her body and face, the form is willowy. Definitely not male.

Quote from
SQP: “I came here to warn you,” she says. Her voice is rich and

deep, but
I get the sense that she’s young. Again, there’s an ongoing sense of
recognition. Before I can prod for more, she continues. “He’s found you, and
you need to try harder to remember.”

I can’t weep. I can’t fear. I’ve grown talented at pretending.
Elizabeth Caldwell doesn’t feel emotions . . . she sees them. Longing, Shame, and Courage materialize around her classmates. Fury and Resentment appear in her dysfunctional home. They’ve all given up on Elizabeth because she doesn’t succumb to their touch. All, that is, save one—Fear. He’s intrigued by her, as desperate to understand the accident that changed Elizabeth’s life as she is herself.
Elizabeth and Fear both sense that the key to her past is hidden in the dream paintings she hides in the family barn. But a shadowy menace has begun to stalk her, and try as she might, Elizabeth can barely avoid the brutality of her life long enough to uncover the truth about herself. When it matters most, will she be able to rely on Fear to save her?

About Kelsey Sutton Kelsey Sutton has done everything from training dogs, making cheeseburgers, selling yellow page ads, and cleaning hotel rooms. Now she divides her time between her college classes and her writing, though she can also sometimes be found pounding out horrible renditions of Beethoven on the piano and trying bizarre drinks at her local coffee shop. Kelsey lives in northern Minnesota with her dog and cat, Lewis and Clark. Visit her on her blog at .Blog /Goodreads

Friday, July 26, 2013

I
am so happy to have Susan Dennard on the blog today I love this series with a
fierce zombie loving passion! And we get music woot! Check out Susan’s playlist
and make sure to enter the giveaway below!

5 Songs to
Get You in the Parisian Mood

Since I’ve shared my official playlist for A Darkness Strange and Lovely over on the Epic Reads site, I
thought I’d give you guys some different sorts of songs—music that’s aimed at
really giving you that Parisian vibe Eleanor experiences in the book.

So let’s get started, shall we?

1) Paris holds the key to
your heart!

Okay, okay, don’t laugh. I can
never resist the temptation to include something from Anastasia, and it just fits so well here! After going through all
sorts of misery and almost dying way too many times, Eleanor finally straggles into Paris—and it’s so
beautiful! Anyone who has ever visited this city knows that it really DOES hold
the key to your heart. So just as Anastasia is moved by the City of Light ;), so to is
Eleanor in A Darkness Strange and Lovely.

Eleanor’s first glimpses of Paris
send her into raptures, but it’s her first sight of the River Seine that really
guts her. She has grown up beside the wild Delaware River in Philadelphia, but
it is nothing like the tamed River
Seine with its stone banks and the busy riverside avenues.

Also, I just love this song. I first
heard it while in Paris researching A
Darkness Strange and Lovely, so it will ALWAYS hold a special place in my
heart.

So this list wouldn’t be complete
without an oh-so-stereotypically-Parisian piece off the Amelie soundtrack. (Brilliant film, by the way.) I just love the
gradual growth of this song and all the emotion that seems to ooze out of it. I think it would fit
very well with a certain love scene in A
Darkness Strange and Lovely—and that is ALL I’ll say about that. ;)

Not only does this song evoke that
dark but gorgeous vibe I want readers
to feel as they read A Darkness Strange
and Lovely, but the actual story of the Phantom of the Opera happens in
(and below) the Palais Garnier…which is ALSO somewhere Eleanor and the
Spirit-Hunters explore. ;)

So there are a thousand renditions
of this song, but the version that I think really
evokes that vibe of Paris and A Darkness
Strange and Lovely is the one that starts Moulin Rouge. First of all, I LOVE THAT MOVIE. It never fails to
make me ugly cry.

Second of all, I just love the aching sadness in this song as
well as the beautiful, STUNNING lyrics: “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn,
is just to love and be loved in return.” I feel like this whole song—but
especially that one line—could summarize Eleanor’s emotional journey in the
Something Strange and Deadly series.

Following an all-out battle with the walking Dead, the Spirit
Hunters have fled Philadelphia, leaving Eleanor alone to cope with the
devastating aftermath. But there’s more trouble ahead—the evil necromancer
Marcus has returned, and his diabolical advances have Eleanor escaping to Paris
to seek the help of Joseph, Jie, and the infuriatingly handsome Daniel once
again. When she arrives, however, she finds a whole new darkness lurking in
this City of Light. As harrowing events unfold, Eleanor is forced to make a
deadly decision that will mean life or death for everyone.

About
Susan:

Susan Dennard is a writer, reader, lover of animals, and eater
of cookies. She used to be a marine biologist, but now she writes novels. And
not novels about fish either, but novels about kick-butt heroines and
swoon-worthy rogues (she really likes swoon-worthy rogues).

She lives in the Midwest with her French husband and Irish
setter, and her debut, SOMETHING STRANGE AND DEADLY, is now available from
HarperTeen.

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